Consultation begins on the draft Interim Speed Management Plan

Consultation on our draft Interim State Highway Speed Management Plan begins today, and runs for four weeks until 12 December. This plan sets out proposed speed limit changes and safety improvements included in the current 2021-2024 National Land Transport Programme (NLTP) period and precedes our full state highway speed management plan that will cover the next NLTP period.

The interim plan includes proposed speed limit changes to most schools on our state highway network, a key action of the Tackling Unsafe Speeds programme to transition to safer speed limits around schools.  

How to give us your feedback on the draft plan

We encourage you to go online to submit your feedback using the Have Your Say link.

While our project webpage includes a summary of proposed changes included in the draft plan, along with indicative maps, the most detailed information is in the draft Interim Speed Management Plan document. Specific corridor locations in the draft interim plan document can be searched on the National Speed Limit Register (NSLR https://speedlimits.nzta.govt.nz/).

• You can also print out a feedback form and mail it back to us using FreePost.
• Project webpage www.nzta.govt.nz/ISMP
• Have Your Say link
• Draft ISMP
• National Speed Limit Register 

School speed limit changes

We’re empowering our younger generations to thrive and have the freedom to walk, bus or bike to school by setting new speed limits.

We’re working together with local government on a target of all schools across Aotearoa, including kura kaupapa Māori and Kura ā Iwi, with safe and appropriate speed limits by the end of 2027. That’s approximately 2,500 schools in total, so our future generations can get around safely in ways that are good for their health and the environment.

There are several ways to achieve safe speeds around schools. Some schools may get permanent speed limits and others, such as those on state highway, may use variable speed limits. Eventually, our approach will consider the surrounding area of a school, to look after tamariki travelling further than the streets outside the front gate.

We are consulting with 268 of schools in this plan and aim to implement safe speed limits for 80-120 schools by mid 2024. The remaining schools will be delivered in our next NLTP period (2024-27).

Schools and kura not in this plan will be in our 2024-27 State Highway Speed Management Plan. This is because the roading environments outside these schools and kura are more complex and will require longer conversations.

More information

Please visit our project webpage www.nzta.govt.nz/ISMP

Or email us at speedmanagement@nzta.co.nz